Role: Finance Officer REF 377891
Contract Length: Until 30/06/27
Location: Exeter or Winfrith - 1-2 weeks initially in office full time and then 2 days per week
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £17.21 per hour
Security Clearance: BPSS
About the Role
Spinwell is recruiting for a Finance Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
Key Responsibilities
Perform central purchasing and exchequer activities for the Alliance with specific responsibility for sourcing (within contracts and non-contract provision) goods and services including ICT, travel & accommodation provision, the administration and accurate processing and recording of payments, receipts and other financial transactions. Dealing with the security of seized monies and providing financial support to major operations as required.
Although the post does not directly control a budget, decisions on where to spend money, expense claims to authorise, and whether a purchase should be authorised in line with policy all help deliver VFM. However, these staff face constant challenge from individuals in this respect.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a commitment to customer service.
- Demonstrable good administrative skills together with evidence of a previous record of high standards of accuracy in a financial environment.
- Ability to organise own time and to plan and carry out activities in an orderly and structure way; ensure deadlines are met. Must be able to evidence an ability to prioritise and organise own/team workloads.
- Ability to deal with incoming correspondence, incoming payments by cheque, bank transfer, card or cash and to analyse information. Maintain accurate daily records.
- Confident to interact verbally, by email or by letter with members of the Force, external customers, banks, G4S and local government. This can include the need to challenge requests as necessary.
- Able to evidence good computer skills, and experience in using software packages including spreadsheets and word processing.
- Ability to deal with any scrutiny arising from contact with external customers, banks, external cash collection companies and local government.
- Evidence of previous position/s of trust and responsibility, specifically in relation to purchasing or finance generally.
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